Property Prices & Market Data
Before you make one of the largest financial decisions of your life, understanding what a property is genuinely worth, not just what a seller is asking, is essential. Property data and pricing tools give Australian buyers, investors and renters direct access to sold price records, listing history, suburb-level market trends and estimated valuations, helping you cut through the noise and build a better picture of where the market actually stands.
Australia’s residential property market is among the most expensive in the world relative to income, and prices vary significantly not just between cities but between neighbouring suburbs. A property in one street can sell for noticeably more than a comparable property two streets away, based on factors such as zoning, school catchments, flood risk or proximity to transport. The tools listed on this page draw on transaction records, listing activity and automated valuation models (AVMs) to help you understand these differences before you bid or make an offer.
What can these tools help you do? Used together, the resources on this page allow you to compare the asking price of a property against recent comparable sales in the same suburb; track how median prices have moved over months or years to understand whether a suburb is rising, plateauing or cooling; identify properties that have had a long time on market or multiple price reductions, which can indicate negotiating room; and access suburb demographic profiles including owner-occupier ratios, rental yields and vacancy rates to assess investment potential.
Use the tools on this page alongside our Financial Calculator & Tools page to test affordability, and our Planning Zones & Development and Climate & Environmental Hazards pages to assess factors that may affect future value, insurance, liveability or resale appeal.
IMPORTANT: This is a directory of external property research tools. We do not provide, control, or verify these third-party resources. Information is for general guidance only and does not replace professional advice. Read our Terms of Use and Disclaimer.
'Real Estate - by REA Group'
Provider: REA Group
Description: realestate.com.au is an Australian property portal that allows users to search current residential listings and access sold price results and suburb market data. It can be used to compare recent sale prices with current asking prices and to view basic market activity at a suburb level. It does not replace title searches, planning checks, flood assessments, or professional legal and financial advice.
Key Features
- Residential property listings for sale and rent
- Sold price results with sale date and method
- Suburb median prices and market activity snapshots
- Basic property attributes including bedrooms, land size, and listing history
Best For: Buyers and renters researching current listings and recent sold prices as part of initial property market research.
Cost: Free*
*Searching and browsing is free. Listing a property incurs costs.
'Domain'
Provider: Domain Holdings Australia
Description: Domain is an Australian property marketplace that allows users to search listings, view sold price results, access suburb profiles, and browse market trend content. It can be used to compare asking prices against recent sales and to build an initial suburb overview as part of property research. Planning, hazard, title, and professional checks should be conducted separately before making property decisions.
Key Features
- Residential property listings for sale and rent
- Sold price results and listing history by address
- Suburb profiles including median prices and historical trends
- Rental yield estimates by property type and suburb
Best For: Buyers and renters cross-referencing listed prices against recent sold results and reviewing suburb-level market trend data.
Cost: *Free
*Searching and browsing is free. Listing a property incurs costs.
'Property Value - by Cotality'
Provider: Cotality (formerly CoreLogic Australia)
Description: Property Value by Cotality is an address-based platform that generates automated property value estimates, displays recent comparable sales, and provides suburb market context. Outputs are automated value estimates based on available data and are not formal property valuations. They should not be treated as a substitute for a registered valuer’s assessment, a contract review, a title search, or a planning inquiry.
Key Features
- Automated value estimate with an indicative value range
- Historical sale price and date records for individual properties
- Land size, dwelling type, and registered owner information where available
- Suburb median values and demographic profile
- Nearby school catchments
Best For: Buyers seeking an automated value estimate and access to comparable sales data as part of early-stage property price research.
Cost: *Free + Paid
*A free tier is available. Paid plans provide access to additional data and reporting features.
'SQM Research'
Provider: SQM Research
Description: SQM Research is an Australian property data platform that publishes residential vacancy rates, asking price series, auction results, and market trend data at suburb and capital city level. It is designed for researchers and investors seeking rental market conditions and supply-demand indicators that differ from what standard listing portals provide. Data should be used as one input in property research and not as a substitute for professional advice.
Key Features
- Suburb-level residential rental vacancy rates, updated monthly
- Asking price trend series by suburb and property type
- Total listings volume and stock-on-market data
- Auction results and clearance data
- Capital city and regional market reports
Best For: Investors and suburb researchers focused on rental market conditions, vacancy rates, and supply-demand indicators beyond what listing portals provide.
Cost: *Free + Paid
*Selected data is available free. Paid subscriptions provide access to deeper data series and reporting.
'Property - by REA Group'
Provider: REA Group
Description: property.com.au is REA Group’s property profile and estimate platform. It allows users to check address-level automated property estimates, prior sales history, suburb context, school catchments, NBN internet availability, and selected government planning overlays including flood, bushfire, and heritage designations. Outputs are estimates only. Automated estimates and government overlay data should be cross-checked against official title, planning, and market data sources before being relied on for property decisions.
Key Features
- Automated property value estimate and prior sales history
- Land size, property type, and street context
- School catchments and nearby childcare centre locations
- NBN connection status and technology type
- Government planning overlays: flood, bushfire, and heritage
- Suburb demographic and median value profile
Best For: Buyers wanting to view multiple property research data points (i.e., price estimates, school catchments, connectivity, and hazard overlays) in a single address search.
Cost: Free
'Microburbs'
Provider: Microburbs
Description: Microburbs is a suburb research platform that aggregates multiple datasets into proprietary scoring across dimensions including livability, convenience, safety, and local property market conditions. Because outputs include composite and modelled scores, they are best treated as an initial suburb comparison reference. Important findings should be verified through official planning, hazard, Census, and school-zone sources before being relied upon.
Key Features
- Composite suburb livability and convenience scores
- Supply-demand indicators and median sale and rental values
- Nearby school catchments and demographic data
- Walkability and amenity proximity data
- Paid reports add: development application history, noise map data, public housing density, crime data, and risk indicators
Best For: Buyers and investors comparing multiple suburbs across livability, market, and neighbourhood data dimensions in a single platform.
Cost: *Free + Paid
*A free suburb-level report is available. Paid property and suburb reports include additional data layers.
'Develo - Property Due Diligence Reports'
Provider: Develo
Description: Develo is an Australian property due diligence report service that generates address-level reports drawing on data aggregated from over 30 unique sources and more than 350 active datasets, including state and federal government, local council, and private providers. Each report covers a range of site and property-specific factors relevant to buyers, developers, and building professionals. Reports are generated per address and are available on a per-report or subscription basis.
Key Features
- Address-level due diligence reports generated in approximately 60 seconds
- Covers easements, stormwater, landscape slope, vegetation protection, bushfire risk, noise, heritage, flooding, and sewer and water information
- Data aggregated from 30+ unique sources and 350+ active datasets, including government and council sources
- Coverage: QLD, WA, SA, VIC, TAS, ACT (NSW and NT not available at the time of listing)
Best For: Buyers in covered states wanting an address-level due diligence report that consolidates site constraints and hazard data across multiple categories in a single document.
Cost: Paid
'LocationScore - Suburb Supply & Demand Scoring Platform'
Provider: Location Score Pty Ltd
Description: LocationScore is a property research platform that scores Australian suburbs on a monthly basis using eight supply and demand indicators. Each suburb receives a score out of 100, with houses and units scored separately. The platform covers over 15,000 suburbs across Australia and is updated monthly. Scores are produced using a proprietary weighted algorithm.
Key Features
- Monthly suburb score out of 100 based on eight supply and demand indicators
- Separate scoring for houses and units
- Over 15,000 suburbs analysed monthly
- Top 250 Fast Track Filter available nationally, by state or territory, and by capital city
- Suburb Analyser search and reporting for both houses and units
Best For: Buyers, property investors, buyer’s agents and researchers seeking a monthly data-driven suburb ranking based on supply and demand indicators as part of location shortlisting research, to be used alongside official market data and professional advice.
Cost: Paid (Subscription)
'AIHW - Housing Data Dashboard - National Housing Stats'
Provider: Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW)
Description: The AIHW Housing Data Dashboard is an interactive, government-published data platform that aggregates housing statistics from 36 key national datasets across 83 configurable dashboard tiles. It can be used to access, view, and export housing data at the national, state, and territory level. Data can be filtered by jurisdiction and displayed as interactive charts, tables, and visualisations. Each dashboard tile links to its source dataset for additional detail and data quality information. The dashboard is published by the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and draws on official data sources.
Key Features
- Data from 36 key national housing datasets across 83 configurable dashboard tiles
- National, state, and territory-level data filters
- Interactive displays with export and share functionality
- Each tile links to the underlying data source for detailed analysis and data quality information
- Customisable dashboard layout
- Official Australian Government data source published by AIHW
Best For: Buyers, investors, and researchers seeking a broad, government-sourced view of national and state-level housing statistics and indicators as background context for property market research.
Cost: Free
'ABS Total Value of Dwellings - Quarterly Property Value Stats'
Provider: Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
Description: The ABS Total Value of Dwellings publication is a quarterly statistical release that measures the total value of Australia’s residential dwelling stock, the number of residential dwellings, and the mean dwelling value. It is published by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and is released approximately quarterly in accordance with the ABS release calendar. It can be used to track changes in the aggregate value of the Australian residential property market over time at a national and state level. This publication provides macroeconomic context for property market research and is not a property-specific or suburb-level valuation tool.
Key Features
- Quarterly statistical release covering total value of Australia’s residential dwelling stock
- Reports total value, number of dwellings, and mean dwelling value
- National and state-level data
- Published on an official ABS release calendar with future release dates available
- Historical release archive accessible via the ABS website
- Official ABS government data source
Best For: Buyers, investors, and researchers tracking changes in total Australian residential property market value at the national and state level as macroeconomic context for property market research.
Cost: Free
'Cotality - Mapping the Market'
Provider Cotality
Description: Cotality’s Mapping the Market report is an interactive visual guide to capital growth and rental market performance at the suburb level across Australia, covering both houses and units. The report is delivered as an interactive ArcGIS Story Map and is published by Cotality (formerly CoreLogic Australia). As noted on the report page, suburbs with fewer than 30 valuation observations are excluded from the analysis. Outputs are based on Cotality’s property data holdings and should be used as market context and not as a substitute for professional property advice.
Key Features
- Interactive suburb-level map of capital growth and rental market performance
- Separate data for houses and units
- National coverage across Australian suburbs
- Delivered as an interactive ArcGIS Story Map
- Suburbs with fewer than 30 valuation observations are excluded from the analysis
- Published by Cotality, drawing on Cotality’s residential property database
Best For: Buyers and investors wanting a visual overview of recent capital growth and rental market performance across Australian suburbs as part of location research, to be used alongside official transaction data and professional advice.
Cost: Free